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Release Year: 1991
Rating: R
Duration: 134 minutes
Director: Barry Levinson
Producer: Barry Levinson, Mark Johnson, Warren Beatty
Bugsy dvd/videos...
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synopsis
Directed by Barry Levinson, BUGSY tells the true story of legendary New York mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. Visiting Hollywood "on business," the reckless and volatile Bugsy is drawn to Tinseltown and the glamour of the movies. Leaving his wife and kids in Scarsdale indefinitely, the womanizing Bugsy spends his time on movie lots and at Hollywood extravaganzas, contemplating his own potential stardom. But soon he falls hard for strong-willed actress Virginia Hill (Annette Bening), who isn’t content with mistress status. A road trip to a down-trodden joint in the Nevada desert in a town called Las Vegas leads Bugsy to dream of building a world-class casino and turning the town into a moneymaker. Together Bugsy and Virginia--with backing from the mob--start building The Flamingo hotel and casino, hoping that legal gambling and five-star entertainment will entice the masses and rake in big bucks.
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cast
Annette Bening as Virginia Hill
Ben Kingsley as Meyer Lansky
Harvey Keitel as Mickey Cohen
Warren Beatty as Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel
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quote
"Bugsy" Siegel: Twenty dwarves took turns doing handstands on the carpet.
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Bugsy Posters (2 posters)
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Bugsy Malone | 
Bugsy Malone |
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Bugsy Pictures (1 pictures)
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Bugsy Wallpapers (1 wallpapers)
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Easter Bugsy
Baby Bugs Bunny wants to help you celebrate Easter.
Source: Ezthemes
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Bugsy Trailers
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- Quicktime Trailer (QuickTime)
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Bugsy Reviews (3 reviews)
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| Source : rec.art.movies.reviews newsgroup | | Rating : 4
| Barry Levinson is a director who concentrates on putting myth onto film. Most commonly he mythologizes about his roots in Baltimore. He tells stories about his family and friends when he was growing up. Perhaps his best myth to date is the fantasy-sports story THE NATURAL. In GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM his mythical hero was the irreverent disk jockey who bucks the system. Perhaps it is not surprising that he would eventually turn to making films about one of America's two great mythical figures, the cowboy and the gangster. However, while cowboy films are on the skids, gangster films are on the upswing, so he picked a well-known gangster, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. (In fact, this film ties in with MOBSTERS earlier this year in which Siegel was one of the four title characters. Also, Siegel is assumed by many to have been the real murderer of Bo Greenberg. BILLY BATHGATE begins showing Dutch Schultz committing the crime. Lucky Luciano has been a character in all three films; the three gangster films are all intertwined.) Levinson chose to tell the story of the ten years from 1937 to 1947, when Siegel was a major crime figure on the West Coast.
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